Novartis puts people at the centre of its ambitions

Maeve Byrne, site head, Novartis, outlines the initiatives which have kept its people at the core of the company’s global growth ambitions

Essential workers on site in Novartis Ringaskiddy. Operations have continued throughout the pandemic to ensure a consistent supply of crucial medications.

Maeve Byrne’s life and career has grown in tandem with Novartis.

A native Dubliner who moved to Cork to work on the Novartis site in Ringaskiddy in 1997, she was appointed to the role of site head last September.